I will:

1) Check if the problem still persist with Postfix 2.0.3. Since the maildir
functionality was changed slightly in 2.0.3 (I think the answer is yes by
the way).
2) I will look into Zeroconf (= Rendezvous) and see if some functionality
will break when not using the silly "something.local." hostname. I've been
to the IETF a few times, so I'm relatively used to reading RFC's and
Internet drafts (zeroconf is not a standard yet!)
3) I will write a small script to set the hostname in a postfix-compliant
way, and adjust README-INSTALL.OSX.
4) I will mail the results to the list.

Note that I will be on vacation this saterday, and am still relatively busy.
I will probably unsubscribe in that time, so sent comments to me privately
as well.

In the mean time, could some with CVS access add the following text to the
file auxiliary/MacOSX/README-INSTALL.OSX

Thanks,
Freek
        
E. TROUBLESHOUTING

    Q: The log file complains about my hostname:
    warning: valid_hostname: misplaced delimiter: yourhostname.local.
    fatal: unable to use my own hostname
    even though I set myhostname to another value in main.cf
    
    A:
    This is a problem related to MacOS 10.2 or higher.
    MacOS X uses a hostname incompatible with the one Postfix expects.
    By default, the hostname on MacOS X will be "yourhostname.local.",
    where yourhostname is the name specified after "Rendezvous name"
    in the Sharing System Preferences.
    Some postfix processes use the hostname set by the system, instead
    of the hostname specified by myhostname in main.cf.
    To avoid this error, you must set a valid hostname on your Macintosh,
    for example by editing the HOSTNAME variable in the file
    /etc/hostconfig. This does not have to be a FQDN (fully qualified
    domain name), just the name of your computer will do. You can even
    set it to HOSTNAME=-NO-, in which case the hostname will become
    "localhost". However, be aware that in that case some Rendezvous
    functions will not work anymore.

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